The IC of GB takes home the Gottfried von Cramm Trophy 2025

The Frankfurt Tennisclub 1914 Palmengarten was the venue at the end of August for the second Gottfried von Cramm Trophy, a team competition in which one women's singles, one men's singles and a mixed doubles are held in each match. While the two singles are played normally, the mixed doubles is a championship tiebreak. In each match between two teams, the winner can reach a maximum of 3 points. For example, if a team wins both singles but loses the championship tiebreak, 2 points go to the winner and 1 point to the loser.

In Frankfurt, five teams from six nations participated: Spain, Great Britain, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland in conjunction with Canada. Due to the odd number of teams, the format required all teams to play everyone else.

After three rounds, the teams from Spain and Great Britain were in the lead. In the last game of the tournament (against Germany), the British took the points to pass Spain and win the trophy. Below is the final ranking and the individual players:

1. Great Britain (Emily Arbuthnott, Pedro Ocana)
2. Spain (Isabel Fernandez, Carlos Garcia Villanieva)
3. Germany (Natali Gumbrecht, Tim Richter)
4. Luxembourg (Tatiana Silbereisen)
5. Switzerland / Canada (Kasia Poplawski)

New IC Brochure published

- Compass IC Junior Challenge; reports of the 2014 event held at The All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, Great Britain and the 2016 event held at the Monte Carlo Country Club, Monaco. Now a permanent fixture in the calendar, the Compass IC Junior Challenge is a wonderful opportunity for Juniors to gain international match experience at some of the world's best tennis clubs 

- IC Philanthropy; established in 2009, the IC Philanthropy (ICP) has established a growing portfolio of programmes across the world to use tennis as a means of providing disadvantaged children with an alternative path in life 

- Jean Borotra CQS Sportsmanship Award for a player who has shown the outstanding standard of sportsmanship commensurate with the objects of the International Clubs throughout their playing career. Steffi Graf was awarded it in 2014, and Rod Laver in 2016. 

- 2017 preview and further information  

Many thanks to Alexander Kurucz, President of the IC of Germany and member of the IC Executive Committee, for his time and meticulous work on the content, layout and overall production on such a large project and fantastic publication. Extended thanks must also go to the following members of the IC Executive Committee; Julian Tatum (IC of GB) and Berta Tintore (IC of Spain) for their support and the articles on the Compass IC Junior Challenge and Potter Cup respectively, alongside everyone else who helped put the content and overall design together.